Limestone strata in the vicinity of the Dent Fault with steeply dipping beds of the Great Scar Limestone forming a sheer cliff and fall on Ladthwaite Beck at Ewebank Scar and faulted strata of the Robinson Limestone well exposed in the face of the Scar on Birkett Hill.

Record Name

A walk from Stenkrith Bridge to see Limestone Scenery in the vicinity of the Dent Fault above Nateby.

Record Description

This record is to introduce a fine walk from Nateby commencing by admiring potholes in the bed of the juvenile River Eden below Stenkrith Bridge, then following the disused railway line, now a nature reserve to divert on a footpath following Ladthwaite Beck through massed blue bell woods to the impressive falls on the line of the Dent Fault at Ewebank Scar, where we enjoyed lunch at the side of the long waterfall, an interesting locality below sheer cliffs. Then, through hazel coppice with active red squirrels to Brikett Hill where strata of the Robinson Limestone are exposed in a small Scar, and where a minor Fault associated with the Dent fault is clearly visible. Returning on the old railway line to Stenkrith Bridge with distant views of the Pennine Escarpment. The spring flora was admired along the railway line .

Dimensions

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Additional Notes

British Geological Survey Map 1:50,000 Provisional Series Sheet 40 refers.
Bennison, G.M. and Wright,A.E. The Geological History of the British Isles, Figures 10.2 and 10.3.
ISBN0 7131 2226 9
See also: Versey, H.C.'Geology of the Appleby District.' Whitehead and Son. Appleby.